A real photographic postcard || ‘To Fred’ has been written in pencil on the back of this real photographic postcard. The family of four portrayed on the front of the card was photographed in an unknown garden setting by an unnamed photographer. The three stripes on the two children’s soldier–father’s sleeves tell us that he is a sergeant, while his cap badge is that of the Lancashire Fusiliers. || || A photograph of a British sergeant and his children || Photograph

Rev Stephen Clarke, Chaplain 9th Lancashire Fusiliers, killed near Passchendaele, Belguim on October 4th 1917, aged 29. Born in Doon, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan. In 1911 Census as student in Maynooth. The family story is that he was blown up while giving last rites to casualty in No Mans Land, and his remains were never found. Commemerated at Tyne Cot Military Cemetery, near Passchendaele. Name next to that of Father Willie Doyle. || Memorial card for Rev Stephen Clarke

Portrait of Frederick William Pear Hodges, c1922